5 Scientific Selfie Facts That You Should Know. #5 is Most Important!

5. Taking too many selfies may be damaging to our real-world connections

So is there a negative side effect? Aside from the psychological traits that develop from too much selfie-taking, we may be damaging our interpersonal relationships too. Since the new generation is developing an egocentric or me-centric personality, forming and maintaining person-to-person relationships have become relatively tougher. We may be connecting to people, acquaintances and “friends” half a world away, but what about real connections in the physical world?

Is your selfie obsession turning to neglect of your loved ones?

The science behind it:
According to psychologists, obsessive selfie-takers may be seen negatively by their peers as “fake” or suggest being an impression maker. It may also lead to decreasing intimacy between friends and lovers.

Perhaps some would defend that they were merely taking pictures to commemorate or remember the event. Perhaps one or two selfies would be enough. But spending all that time perfecting the angles, the appearance, the lighting… well perhaps more moments just pass by wasted, instead of truly being in the moment. So let us all put down our phones and cameras for a while and take time to strengthen our real-life connections.

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